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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the setting of the book take place?
(a) India.
(b) Australia.
(c) Asia.
(d) Africa.

2. What does the author most hope to convey through writing the book?
(a) a new religion.
(b) a new way of life.
(c) a core spiritual truth.
(d) the history of the Aborigine people.

3. What kind of "process" does the author undergo that involves smoke?
(a) an inspirational process.
(b) a purification process.
(c) a religious process.
(d) a detoxification process.

4. What literary category does the book fall into?
(a) memoir.
(b) textbook.
(c) fiction.
(d) fantasy.

5. Who are the author and driver met by when they arrive at the small settlement?
(a) two middle-aged women.
(b) a little girl and her brother.
(c) a tribal elder.
(d) a middle-aged man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of performance does the author watch the natives perform?

2. How is the author told to handle the pain she feels from the spinifex?

3. What does the author watch in horror as it burns?

4. What does the driver tell the author to remove from her body?

5. How long is a "walkabout"

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